# Accident 19850628028619A: Piper PA42, Charlotte, NC, June 28, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 1985, 01:48 local time
- Place: Charlotte, NC
- Airport: Douglas Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 35.2305° N, 80.8405° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2305&lon=-80.8405&mi=10
- Aircraft: N542TW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA42
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A41
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL85FA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85FA197) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850628028619A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

HIT TREE, UTILITY POLE THEN GROUND IN LOW, FAST TURN TO FINAL. PILOT NOTED FOR FAST STEEP TURNS IN TRAFFIC PATTERN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL85FA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85FA197), Jun 28, 1985: Piper PA-42 (N542TW), Charlotte, NC, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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